<p>I'm interested in possibly applying ED to Wharton this autumn. Just one quick question: is it possible to get your concentrations from Wharton (thinking of finance + management at this point), then getting a double major in chemEng in the engineering school? In addition to investment banking and private equity, I'm also interested in the possibility of engineering management and corporate strategy as a possible career.</p>
<p>Yes. There’s a dual degree program between SEAS and Wharton known as the “Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology.” Students in this program pursue a degree of their choice in both SEAS and Wharton. However, it has a separate application process and its own pool of applicants. I believe they accept about 50 students a year. Look at this website for more info: [THE</a> JEROME FISHER PROGRAM IN MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY](<a href=“Home - Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology”>Home - Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology).</p>
<p>You also can pursue dual degrees in Wharton and SEAS without being in Fisher or a coordinated dual degree program, but it might take some additional effort and time:</p>
<p>[Penn:</a> Interdisciplinary Programs](<a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/programs/interschool.php]Penn:”>http://www.upenn.edu/programs/interschool.php)</p>
<p>In fact, over 30% of Wharton undergads graduate with dual degrees, and many–if not most–of those were not in one of the coordinated dual-degree programs:</p>
<p>[Top</a> 10 List | Wharton Undergraduate](<a href=“http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/undergrad/why-wharton/top-10-list.cfm]Top”>Your Future - Undergraduate)</p>
<p>But in response to your original question, you can’t technically major in a subject outside of Wharton without actually pursuing dual degrees from Wharton and the school that offers the major.</p>
<p>As 45 Percenter was saying, you pursue a dual-degree between schools rather than being able to double major. The distinction is that a dual-degree implies satisfying the curricular requirements of two undergraduate schools at Penn (which are all different from one another), whereas a double major exists within one school where curricular requirements are satisfied once, and then two different majors requirements separately.</p>
<p>I’m glad to see you’re interested in dual-degree, Braves. It’s one of the Penn’s greatest assets (as well as interdisciplinary learning more generally speaking). I was a Wharton UG who then got a Urban Studies major in the College. Definitely rounded out my experience nicely from an academic standpoint, as well as introduced me to more people around campus from my URBS classes.</p>